Cyphochilus tenzingyatsoi Sabatinelli, 2020

Sreedevi, Kolla, Sahoo, Kishore Chandra, Ajaykumara, Kattigehalli Math, Boopathi, Thangavel, Sushil, Satya Nand & Sabatinelli, Guido, 2025, Revision of Indian Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 1867 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5693 (2), pp. 201-222 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17322234
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scientific name	Cyphochilus tenzingyatsoi Sabatinelli, 2020
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Cyphochilus tenzingyatsoi Sabatinelli, 2020 View in CoL

( Figs 27–28 View FIGURES 27–28 )

Type locality: China: E. Tibet .

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ MHNG: China, E. Tibet, 2050–2400 m / N of Brahmaputra great bend / 30˚00˚-07˚-94˚22˚-95˚09˚ [sic] / 16–20.VII.1992, L. & R. Businsky leg. // Holotypus ♂ / Cyphochilus / tenzingyatsoi mihi / G. Sabatinelli, 2020 (P, red label).

Additional material examined: India ( Arunachal Pradesh): 1 ♂ NBAIR, Hunli / 28°19′N, 95°57′E, 15.vii.2023, leg. K.M.Ajaykumara. GoogleMaps China ( Xizang): 1 ♂ 1 ♀ MHNG, same data as holotype — 1 ♂ 1 ♀ NMPC, same data as holotype — 2 ♀♀ PCMN, China, SE Tibet, Tome-Bomê , 3600m, 3.VII.1996, leg. V. Paulus — 1 ♂ PCAB, East Tibet, Tomi ( Tangmai ), 30 km W. of Donjung , 16.V.2005, 2075m, leg. A. Wrzecionko — 1 ♂ PCAB, same data as previous .

Diagnosis: Parameres strongly symmetrical, left paramere bears a ventral process arising from the base that wraps around the right paramere and projects dorsally, resembling that of C. gandhii ; however, in this species, the process is distinctly curved in its apical half ( Fig. 27A–C View FIGURES 27–28 ). Right paramere features a thick, slightly curved ridge along its basal margin ( Fig. 27C View FIGURES 27–28 ).

Distribution: China: Xizang ( Sabatinelli 2020a), India: Arunachal Pradesh (present study).

Remarks: The type locality of this species is in China, eastern Xizang ( Tibet), at the Brahmaputra Great Bend. The present study provides the first confirmed record of the species from India.